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OSCE condemns attempt to intimidate independent media in Montenegro

Publishing date: 15 July 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
VIENNA/PODGORICA, 15 July 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, and Šarūnas Adomavičius, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro today condemned the deliberate burning by unknown perpetrators of two vehicles belonging to the Montenegrin daily “Vijesti”...

OSCE role in preventing proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in focus at meeting in Vienna

Publishing date: 14 July 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
What we do: Arms control
Representatives of the 56 OSCE participating States on 13 July 2011 discussed how to best r implement U.N. Security Council Resolution 1540, which obliges signatories to take measures against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, including chemical, biological and nuclear weapons...

Black Sea co-operation organization, OSCE, to strengthen joint work

Publishing date: 14 July 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: Partnerships, Permanent Council
Ambassador Leonidas Chrysanthopoulos, Secretary General of the Organization of the Black Sea Economic Co-operation Permanent International Secretariat, told the OSCE Permanent Council on 14 July 2011 that his organization hoped to enhance its co-operation with the OSCE in the field of economic and environmental security...

OSCE Centre supports free legal consultation for residents in border areas in southern Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 14 July 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management, Rule of law
A series of legal consultations were held between 6 and 14 July 2011 in the border districts of the Osh and Jalal-Abad Provinces with support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...

OSCE-supported play on domestic violence tours Moldovan regions

Publishing date: 14 July 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Gender equality
Telling the true stories of women who were victims of domestic violence, the documentary-style play Casa M. will tour Moldova’s regions from 15 to 31 July 2011 to help raise awareness of and prevent domestic violence...

ODIHR, IOM host roundtable meeting on the integration of migrants in Ukraine

Publishing date: 13 July 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: National minority issues, Tolerance and non-discrimination
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) hosted a roundtable meeting on 13 July 2011 on the integration of migrants in Ukraine. The 50 participants from the Ukrainian government, civil society and international organizations discussed how to resolve the challenges related to the integration of migrants in the country...

Increasing female participation in public life focus of OSCE seminar

Publishing date: 13 July 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Gender equality
A series of three-day training seminars for female party activists from the Respublika, Ak-Shumkar and Ata-Meken political parties was completed on 13 July by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs...